Most people know that awkward feeling when you walk into an elevator with other people and try not to make eye contact(接觸). But a new research suggests it may be down to a subconscious power struggle being played out as you make your way up and down.
A study found that people decide where they stand based on a micro social status，established within seconds of entering the lift.
Rebekah Rousi．a(chǎn) Ph. D．student in cognitive(認(rèn)知)science，conducted an ethnographic(人種論)
Study of elevator behaviour in two of the tallest office buildings in Adelaide，Australia.As part of her research，she took a total of 30 lift rides in the two buildings，and discovered .There was an established order to where people tended to stand
In a blog she writes that more senior men seemed to direct themselves towards the back of the elevator She said：“In front of them were younger men，and in front of them were women of aII ages.”She also notice there
was a difference in where people directed their gaze(注視)half way through the ride．“Men watched the monitors，looked in the side mirrors(in one building)to see themseIves．And in the door mirrors(of the other building)to also watch others Women would watch the monitors and avoid eye contact with other users(unless in conversation)and the mirrors，”she writes．
She concluded it could be that people who are shyer stand toward the front，where they can’t see other passengers，whereas confident people stand in the back，where they have a  view of everyone else.
【小題1】The passage is mainly about      
A. elevator riding manners   
B communication in the elevator
C. elevator riders’ standing positions 
D. micro social status in the elevator
【小題2】The underlined word“it”in the first paragraph probably refers to“     ”

A．a(chǎn)n elevator B．the new research C．eye contact D．social status
【小題3】A person who stands in the back of the lift is probably      
A confident    B shy    C honest
【小題4】The conclusion of the research in the passage is          
A. subjective    B．objective    C critical     D doubtful


【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】B

解析試題分析：當(dāng)人們走進(jìn)電梯時(shí)，會(huì)怎樣面對(duì)陌生人呢？ Rebekah Rousi最近的研究顯示，人們會(huì)迅速的形成一個(gè)微型的社會(huì)地位分組，而且人們還喜歡回避別人的眼睛，自己卻要能看到別人。
【小題1】主旨大意題。文章講了一項(xiàng)關(guān)于電梯里人們的微型社會(huì)地位的研究 。故選D。
【小題2】推理判斷題。It 指代前面的短語，而前文講的是人們避免眼神接觸，所以是eye contact。故選C。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題 。 由“whereas confident people stand in the back，where they have a  view of
everyone else.”可知，站在后面的人一般是比較有自信的人。故選A。
【小題4】推理判斷題。文章講了一項(xiàng)關(guān)于電梯社會(huì)等級(jí)的研究，因此是客觀的 。subjective主觀的；objective   客觀的；critical 批判的；doubtful懷疑的。故選B。
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